Shopping Mall Fire Kills 11 In Pakistan

Eleven people were killed and 10 injured in a fire that broke out at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, on November 25, officials said. Afsar Ali, an official at the Karachi Fire Department, told RFE/RL that more than 50 stores were burnt down in the fire at RJ Mall on Rashid Minhas Road. "The fire broke out on the sixth floor of the commercial center and later spread to the fourth floor," Ali said. At least 42 people were rescued and the injured were taken to the hospital, officials said. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.